Simulation

[divinemistress87]

Anyone else think we are in a simulation? Nothing feels real like its all staged

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

From the viewpoint of Stephen Wolfram the universe is a simulation, a big cellular automata.
From the viewpoint of solpsism we can only be sure that our mind exists, everything around could be a simulation.

 

[Pluto]

 

[KillingPain267]

Yes I believe the universe is sort of a big video game and everything is preprogrammed. When I trip on a big dose of pregabalin, it feels like that even more.

 

[FadingSnowFake]

Everything feels unreal. Staged is a good word too. Scary unreal at times, as in can't even believe this (or whatever) is happening.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Not really. It feels real to me. Unfair certainly but, real. I suppose I feel that if it was a simulation, there might be ways to 'cheat' it.

I can't really figure out the end goal of it being a simulation either. Asides from a storyline from 'The Matrix'. In most scenarios relating to that though, I would think things would be different/ worse.

So, let's say it's a Matrix type scenario. Spoiler alert! Some other being has trapped us in an illusion where they feed off our energy. So- why allow us to be mortal? Surely, it would be more effecient if we lived even longer? If they're feeding off of emotion and specifically, negative energy, why not make people suffer even more? Why allow antinatilists to survive and boycott the system? I don't know. Maybe all to sustain the illusion of choice. I still don't really buy it though.

I certainly think we are born into capitalist/ consumerist systems/ traps that are hard to change and escape from, without probably suffering more. I see them as physical traps set up and maintained by real people who have power though. Aided by our parents (arguably) naive decisions to enlist us into the system also. I don't see that as an illusion though. It's all too real sadly.

 

[Prism]

All I can say is that, if this is all one big video game, then whoever's playing as me sucks at it

 

[Winterreise]

In USA the simulation has failed. Please shut it down.

 

[GlassMoon]

I don't believe we live in a simulation. But the question always reminds me of this comic:

 

[Halfhourdays]

Trust Us, We Definitely Live in a Simulation

You don’t believe we all live in a simulation? Come on, use your noodle: that’s exactly what the simulation’s architects would want you to think!

www.scientificamerican.com

Yeah, very much so. 8 million people don't fit in NY...

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Trust Us, We Definitely Live in a Simulation

You don’t believe we all live in a simulation? Come on, use your noodle: that’s exactly what the simulation’s architects would want you to think!

www.scientificamerican.com

Yeah, very much so. 8 million people don't fit in NY...

You posted that article as a joke, right? Please tell me that you posted that article as a joke...

 

[SVEN]

I wonder how simulated an abcessed tooth would seem to these theorists ... I found it quite real enough, myself.

 

[LivingDeadTGirl]

You know when you zone out while driving and don't remember the last few minutes? That was a server reset.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

You know when you zone out while driving and don't remember the last few minutes? That was a server reset.

That reminds me of something that my cognitive neuroscience professor said back when we were discussing attention. Basically, when the brain is at rest we are generally just mind-wandering/zoning out. There are also certain areas of the brain that become more active when at rest, such as the medial prefrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex, which are part of a network known as the Default Mode Network (DMN). This network is anti-correlated with the Central Executive Network (CE), which includes areas of the brain such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex. This brain network becomes more active when you engage in external tasks, especially those requiring higher-order cognition.

 

[Halfhourdays]

I wonder how simulated an abcessed tooth would seem to these theorists ... I found it quite real enough, myself.

I just had an abscessed tooth pulled. I hope your toothache goes away soon. Nothing I hate more than oral surgery.

Plus, I miss my tooth. Eating is so different now.

 

[divinemistress87]

That reminds me of something that my cognitive neuroscience professor said back when we were discussing attention. Basically, when the brain is at rest we are generally just mind-wandering/zoning out. There are also certain areas of the brain that become more active when at rest, such as the medial prefrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex, which are part of a network known as the Default Mode Network (DMN). This network is anti-correlated with the Central Executive Network (CE), which includes areas of the brain such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex. This brain network becomes more active when you engage in external tasks, especially those requiring higher-order cognition.

This is fascinating. Neuroscience is so cool

 

[EvisceratedJester]

This is fascinating. Neuroscience is so cool

I know, wnd this is just the surface level shit. My understanding of it isn't even that deep yet

 

[divinemistress87]

I know, wnd this is just the surface level shit. My understanding of it isn't even that deep yet

I had a stroke mostly in the Medulla Oblongata so the brain fascinates me

 

[Winterreise]

Could it be that you have been brainwashed?

 

[divinemistress87]

Could it be that you have been brainwashed?

Yes that could be it

 

[charcoalcat]

Most people perform the same rudimentary routines everyday; eat, shit, sex, sleep. Then they go through the same life stages; school, work, marriage, kids, death. What are they if not NPCs?

 

[maylurker]

i dont like this topic its basically a philosophical quicksand completely unprovable either way and always will be. you can never step outside the system to check the code so every argument for it and against it is just mental masturbation with extra steps